If, for example, an obstetrician fails to timely order or perform a C - section
when nuchal cord is detected and this failure is found to have been a cause of the baby's HIE childbirth injury, the obstetrician may be found liable for the damages suffered by the child as a result of the injury in an action for medical malpractice.
Not exact matches
I've easily been at 150 births and seen
nuchal cords, PPHs, abruptions and shoulder dystocia... because they only called me
when it was going pear shaped.
And trust me,
when your baby has a
nuchal cord, you won't care about delayed
cord clamping anymore.
When there is a tight
nuchal cord the baby isn't getting any more blood by waiting [just being strangled].
This may occur
when the fetus is deprived of oxygen by getting stuck in the birth canal,
when the baby is not delivered within 24 hours of the mother's water breaking, or
when the umbilical
cord becomes wrapped around the baby's neck (known as
nuchal cord).